All Black fans reject sex ban for Rugby World Cup

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New Zealand rugby fans have overwhelmingly rejected a campaign urging them to give up sex as a way of supporting the All Blacks during this year’s Rugby World Cup.

Telecom Corp., a team sponsor, planned to launch an advertising campaign calling on fans to “Abstain for the All Blacks” next week to generate publicity ahead of the September-October tournament, the New Zealand Herald reported.

It said fans would be given black rubber rings to wear to show they were supporting the abstinence campaign, which will be fronted by former All Blacks captain Sean Fitzpatrick.

While the campaign was approved by the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU), the idea of putting sex in the sin bin has found little support from the country’s sporting public.

“Dumb, dumb, dumb, that’s just dumb,” one All Black supporter, who identified himself as Grant, told AFP in Wellington.

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Imagine a country full of sexually frustrated rugby fans and you don't win the final...not a good idea. If hey lose they should stand in the middle of the pitch and everyone should be allowed to haal uit and come in the players faces as a reward for their sacrifice of world cup celibacy.